The Séance of Blake
Manor

The Séance of Blake Manor (2025) is a puzzle adventure set in 1897 Ireland, where you are summoned to a remote hotel to find the missing Evelyn Deane as mystics and socialites gather for a grand séance. Play involves first-person exploration, interrogating a sprawling cast to gather evidence words that slot into sentence deductions. It stands out for its living timetable of character movement, where your actions cost time and advance the clock as you piece together what unfolded, when and to whom.

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You play a private investigator called to the Gothic Blake Manor to find the missing Evelyn Deane. You explore the richly dressed rooms as guests' movements and actions unfold around you in a clockwork mystery. To decipher what happened, you not only need to collect clues and complete sentences but also to understand these intertwining movements. This enables you to gain access to new people and places to compile theories that explain who did what, when, and why.

As you progress, each of your actions advances the in-game clock. Will you pursue long conversations, pry open cupboards, or stake out locations? Slowly, you create a pinboard of colour-coded evidence to cross-reference alibis and threads. Along the way, apparitions and folkloric artefacts complicate otherwise logical chains, nudging you to weigh superstition against hard evidence.

The result is a detective game that's as much about embracing the rich interlocking stories as it is finding the right words for the right sentences. It's a weekend mystery where every verb you learn and every hour you spend brings you closer to uncovering the buried truth of the night.

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Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked The Séance of Blake Manor 2 weeks ago. It was re-examined by Thom Robertson and updated 3 days ago.